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Trial reportThe Journal of manual & manipulative therapy2025

Dry needling of the gluteus-medius muscle, combined with standard care, for chronic low back pain - a pilot randomized sham-controlled trial.

Gali Dar, Alon Goldberg

Registry-linked trialAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04498572 (The Effect of Dry Needling in the Gluteus Medius Muscle With Active Physiotherapy Versus Placebo Dry Needling With Active Physiotherapy in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 1 paper.

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The Effect of Dry Needling in the Gluteus Medius Muscle With Active Physiotherapy Versus Placebo Dry Needling With Active Physiotherapy in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of HaifaRan2020 to 2022Enrolled25ConditionsLow Back PainArmsdry needling, sham dry needling
3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Gali DarDepartment of Physical Therapy Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-0572-5495
Alon GoldbergDepartment of Physical Therapy Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIndividuals with low back pain (LBP) often exhibit weakness and the presence of trigger points in their Gluteus Medius (GMe) muscle.

objectivesTo examine the effectiveness of adding dry needling (DN) for the GMe to standard care of active physical therapy in patients with chronic nonspecific LBP.

methodsA randomized, prospective, sham-controlled trial was conducted. Participants with chronic nonspecific LBP (

resultsThe research group showed greater improvement in pain level compared with control (

conclusionsIncorporating DN into physical therapy treatments for chronic nonspecific low back pain, can improve pain level and function. CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRATION NO: NCT04498572 (clinicaltrial.gov).

Indexed as

Chronic PainDry NeedlingLow Back PainMuscle, SkeletalAdultButtocksCombined Modality TherapyDisability EvaluationExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPain MeasurementPilot ProjectsProspective StudiesChronic painfunctionOswestryspinewestern needling

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PMID39954045
PMCPMC12459158

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